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" Columbus came on the 10th of November, 1493, to Santa Cruz Island. Here he had a fight with some natives in a dugout and wounded some of them. The hair of these savages was long and coarse, their eyes were encircled with paint so as to give them a hideous... "
The Aborigines of Porto Rico and Neighboring Islands - Page 200
by Jesse Walter Fewkes - 1907 - 218 pages
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A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, Volumes 1-2

Washington Irving - 1828 - 534 pages
...but wonder at their untamed spirit and fierce demeanour. Their hair was long and coarse, their eyes encircled with paint, so as to give them a hideous expression; and they had bands of cotton bound firmly above and below the muscular parts of the arms and legs, so as...
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The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus: Voyages and discoveries of the ...

Washington Irving - 1868 - 546 pages
...young man strongly made, with a frowning brow and lion's face. He had been wounded in the conflict. The hair of these savages was long and coarse, their...paint, so as to give them a hideous expression ; and bunds of cotton were bound firmly above and below the muscular parts of the arms and legs, so as to...
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Notable Voyages from Columbus to Parry

William Henry Giles Kingston - 1880 - 610 pages
...strongly made, with a frowning brow and a lion's face. The hair of these savages was long and coarse, and their eyes were encircled with paint, so as to give them a hideous expression. 4 Though captives in chains, they still retained their defiant air. They were afterwards carried prisoners...
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Report of the Board of Regents, Volume 39, Issue 1

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1885 - 956 pages
...rings. Both individuals have embroidered skull caps, the nearest approach to which are the basket work, close-fitting embroidered hats of the Indians of the...paint so as to give them a hideous expression ; and bauds of cotton were bound firmly above and below the muscular part of the arms and legs so as to cause...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1885 - 954 pages
...above the calves. In his second voyage, cruising among the Caribbee Inlands, Columbus came on the 1 Oth of November, 1493, to Santa Cruz Island. Here he had...was long and coarse, their eyes were encircled with PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. paint so as to give them a hideous expression ; and bands of cotton...
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